自1998年中国签署《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》以来,对于沉默权的争论就没有停止过。2012年刑诉法修改后,引入了沉默权原则,对沉默权争论又更加激烈。本文通过界定分析当前中国沉默权的现状问题,发现难以引入沉默权制度的外在原因。 Since China signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1998, the debate over the right to silence has not stopped. After the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law in 2012, the principle of the right to silence was introduced, and the debate on the right to silence was even more fierce. By defining and analyzing the current situation of China’s right to silence, this article finds out the external reason why it is difficult to introduce the system of right to silence.